Water and carbide can



sept. 18, 192s. 1,684,996 A.KOZAK f WATER AND CARBIDE CAN Filed May 25, 1926 Patented Sept. 18, 1928..

narran srares ANDREW KOZAK, OF LILLY, EENNSYLVANIA.

WATER AND CARBDE CAN.

Application led May 25, 1926.. Serial No. 111,604.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a combined carbide can and water receptacle and combines in a single device a receptacle divided into separate compartments with independent lilling openings Yfor carbide and water and being de signed 'lor use by miners, it is intended that the saine be constructed et a size to be con veniently carried in a pocket so that an additional supply of carbide and water for a carbide lamp will always be accessible.

A 'l'urther object of the invention is to pro vide a device ot the type above set forth wherein the container embodies a partition wall with a iilling opening at each end of the container for the carbide and water and with a water nozzle supported in the side wall ot the container and partition wall in a manner to permit complete drainage o'r the water receptacle when the container is inverted.

Vith the above and other objects in view that will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, that same consists ot the novel form, combination and ar rangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a combined carbide can and water receptacle constructed in accordance with the present invention, and

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the partition dividing` the container into carbide and water carrying compartments with the end closure plug Jtor each compartment and the water spout in communication with the water compartment.

The carbide can and water receptacle, being intended lor use by miners in the charging with carbide and water ot a carbide lamp, is constructed o'j a size to be conveniently carried in the pocket and is ot the general con figuration illustrated in Figure 1, the device comprising a container having a side wall l ot barrel formation that is slightly larger at its lower or base end than at the upper end thereof. The container is circular in crosssection and intermediate the upper and lower ends thereo't at a point adjacent to and above the transverse median line is provided with a partition wall 2- dividing the container` into an upper compartment to receive carbide C and a lower compartment to receive water W.

The upper end or' the containeris provided with a illing opening for the introduction oi: the carbide C and said opening is `surrounded by an internally threaded annular neck 3 that is closed by a threaded disk stopper Ll. The lower or base end of the container is provided with a filling opening yfor `water XV and said opening is surrounded by an inwardly directed internally threaded annular flange 5 that receives the externally threaded annular flange 6 upon the disk stopper 7. A gasket 8 is interposed between the peripheral edge of the disk stopper 7 and the open end of the water compartment to form a water tight connection.

'llo facilitate removal of the water from the water compartment for delivering water to a carbide lamp, there isV provided a spout 9 passing through the side wall 1 ot the container and 'the carbide receptacle with the inner end of the spout passing through the partition wall Q and terminating in proximity thereto and also having one side thereof juxtaposed to the side wall of the container at 9a as shown in Fig. 2. The outer end ot the nozzle 9 receives a closure cap 10. By so locating the' inner end 9 of the nozzle 9 with respect to the side wall l of the container, it will be possible to completely drain the water compartment and eiiect use of the entire contents thereof. As showiiin Fig. 2, the outer side or the inner end of the spout is juxtaposed to the sidewall l of the container so that in tilting the container, all water may be drained from the water compartment. The end stopper 7 forms a water tight closure :tor water receptacle while the iilling openings for the water and carbide are at opposite ends of the can.

llVhile there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment ot the present invention, it is nevertheless to b e understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.-

ldlhat is claimed as new is in a combined carbide can and water receptacle, avcontainer of cylindrical formation tapering toward cach end, a cross-partition intermediate the ends thereof dividing the saine into an upper carbide can and a lower water receptacle, the opposite ends of the container having filling openings, a disk stopper threaded into each opening, a water tight connection between the disk stopper and water receptacle, with the peripheral carbide can lying juxtaposed to the side wall of the can, and the outer side of the inner end of the spout contacting the adjacent side wall of the Water receptacle ad`acent the lower face of the partition Where y the entire contents of the Water receptacle may be drawn through the spout.`

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature.

ANDREW KOZAK. 

